Edge of Seventeen Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Edge of Seventeen chord chart by Stevie Nicks. Love me some Stevie Nicks. My dad had the cassette tape in the truck and we would listen to it all the time. Some of my favorite songs to sings are Stevie songs because she's and alto like me. But I digress....let's talk guitar.
This song is fairly simple. Uses our easy guitar chords C, D and Em. There are a couple options you can use for this song.
1. Picking (harder)
2. Strumming (easier)
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Edge of Seventeen Guitar Chords:
Edge of Seventeen Strumming Patterns:
I will talk about the picking pattern played by the lead guitar on this which is super cool and played throughout the entire song, but it's played in 16th notes which requires some pretty fast picking that usually isn't possible for beginners. You can always pick quarter of eighth notes as well.
Picking: All played on the A string, you will change between the 3rd, 5th and 7th frets
1 e + a 2e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
DU DU DUDU DU DU D U DU
Intro Pattern:
This is played over a chord progress of: Em Em Em Em C D Em Em
7th fret 4 measures followed by, 3rd fret 1 measure, 5th fret 1 measure and 7th fret 2 measures
Below you can see the pattern associated with each chord.
Strumming option 1: Easier
1 2+ 3 4+
D DU D DU
Strumming option 2: Harder
1 2 + a 3 + 4 + a
D DDU D D D DU
Edge of Seventeen Guitar Lesson:
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Edge of Seventeen Chord Chart:
Intro:
Em Em Em Em
Chorus:
C D
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singing
Em Em
Whoo... whoo... whoo...
C D
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singing
Em Em
Whoo... whoo... whoo...
Verse:
C D
And the days go by Like a strand in the wind...
Em Em
In the web that is my own I begin again
C D Em Em
Said to my friend, baby Nothin' else mattered
C D Em Em
He was no more... than a baby then
C D Em Em
Well he... seemed broken hearted Something within him
C D Em Em
But the moment that I first laid Eyes on him. all alone...
C D Em Em
On the edge of... seventeen
Chorus:
C D
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singing
Em Em
Whoo... whoo... whoo...
C D
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singing
Em Em
Whoo... whoo... whoo...
Verse:
C D Em Em
I went today... maybe I will go again... Tomorrow
C D Em Em
And the music there it was hauntingly...Familiar
C D
And I see you doing...What I try to do for me
Em Em
With the words from a poet...And the voice from a choir
C D Em Em
And a melody... nothing else mattered
Chorus:
C D
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singing
Em Em
Whoo... whoo... whoo...
C D
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singing
Em Em
Whoo... whoo... whoo...
Bridge:
Em Em Em
The clouds... never expect it...When it rains
Em C C C C
But the sea changes colours...But the sea...Does not change
Em Em Em Em
And so... with the slow...graceful flow...Of age
C C C C C C C
I went forth... with an age old...Desire... to please On the edge of... seventeen
Breakdown: go back to intro on A string
Chorus:
C D
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singing
Em Em
Whoo... whoo... whoo...
C D
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singing
Em Em
Whoo... whoo... whoo...
Verse:
C D Em Em
Well then suddenly there was no one left standin in the hall
C D Em Em
Yeah Yeah, in a flood of tears that no one really ever heard fall at all
C D
Well I went searchin for an answer up the stairs and down the hall
Em Em C D
Not to find an answer but just to hear the call of a night bird
Em Em
Singin come away, come away, come away
Chorus:
C D
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singing
Em Em
Whoo... whoo... whoo...
C D
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singing
Em Em
Whoo... whoo... whoo...
Bridge:
Em D Em D
Well I hear you in the mornin' and I hear you at nightfall
Em D Em D C D Em Em
And sometimes to be near you is to be unable to hear you my love
C D Em Em
I'm a few years older than you my love
Chorus:
C D
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singing
Em Em Em (hold)
Ooo baby..ooo...said ooo
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